Catch a wave...Or the swimming thread

[kelownagirl]

Thanks Chick. I'll ask my hair dresser when I finally get in there to get this shaggy mop cut...

I went for a swim today. 1600m in about 50 minutes.

Warm up
• 4 x 50m Freestyle Swim (even pace), rest 0:15 / 50m

Build up (repeat 6 times)
• 1 x 25m Streamline Kicking with fins, rest 0:10 / 25m
• 1 x 25m Single Arm with fins (arm out front) 6 x left, 6 x right, 6 x full stroke, rest 0:10 / 25m

Core
• 4 x 50m Freestyle Bilateral Breathing, rest 0:15 / 50m
• 4 x 50m Freestyle DPS, rest 0:15 / 50m
• 4 x 50m Freestyle Push & Glide, rest 0:15 / 50m
• 4 x 50m Freestyle DPS, rest 0:15 / 50m

Warm down
• 4 x 50m Easy Any Stroke, rest 0:15 / 50m

Plus another 100m

[teigyr]

I need to start working on defined workouts. Today I was in a small pool (20') and the dogpaddlers were wayward. I was tired anyway so I just warmed up, did some open water laps (no lane dividers so I just swam in circles), then worked on bilateral breathing. For a while, also, I practiced just breathing on my weak side.

It isn't as good as a structured workout but it was all I had the energy for And, it was 40 minutes of practice.

[alpinerabbit]

We had another 1K time trial last night.

I moaned because the coach had said we did not have to do it if we did the one in January but then obliged.

I did 18:40.
The first 100 in 1:43
500 in 9:30 -

That means
a) a negative split (if one can talk about this in swimming)
b) I took off 2:10 from the January TT
c) all of that on the second 500!

I feel much stronger on the catch these days, have improved the push-through phase although I am sure that could be improved.

[Wahine]

3100 m this morning. I nearly didn't go. There was a trange beeping sound in my house last night that I have yet to diagnose. I would wake up to the beep, then it would stop so I couldn't figure out what it was. I'd fall asleep and wake up again to the beep... Anyway, we're trying to up the speed and we're doing 200's, 100's and 50's. I was holding 44 to 45 on my 50s. I have a goal of breaking a 1:30 100. I think I'm getting close.

[chickwhorips]

I would wake up to the beep, then it would stop so I couldn't figure out what it was.

If you have CO detector check that. We changed out all the smoke alarms one day and we still heard a beep. It was the CO detector. Who knew.

Good job for getting up and going!

[Wahine]

Thanks Chick. I think that all of our smoke detectors etc are hard wired into the house. But I'm wondering if they still have batteries for back up that might be the problem?

[Pika]

We did 3000m today, great breakthru for DH as I had made a comment that the guy in the next lane sounded like a whale when he breathed- I think he sings or ??? actually I don't know what he does but I can hear him a lane over- anyway DH then realized that he gets concentrating on a skill and starts holding his breath so by the time he gets to the end he can't catch his breath at all!
I was very very happy for DH and Mr whale who inadvertantly helped DH
Also an older woman joined us- she said we were setting a good pace- by older I mean late 70's - guilted DH into finishing all the sets instead of slacking- was good allround day at the pool